Government backs farm recycling scheme
18 Jun 2010
Farmers are being encouraged to recycle and reuse rather than burn or bury thousands of tonnes plastic waste under a new scheme launched by the Government this week.
"It is neither clean nor green that over 7000 tonnes of plastic farm waste, mainly used bale wrap, is currently burnt, buried or left to litter the countryside," said Enviornment Minister Nick Smith at the National Agriculture Fieldays iin Hamilton.
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